Plain Meadow Frog, 



Burns' Meadow Frog. 



Unspotted Meadow 

 Frog. 



Plate LXXII. (xf). 1-6. 



Males. 



Ran a pipiens burn si Weed. 



Range: Southern Minne- 

 sota and northern Iowa, with 

 possibly a few in western 

 Illinois and Wisconsin. 



Habitat: Swampy stretches 

 and meadows. 



Size: Average a little 

 smaller than the common 

 meadow frog {Rana p. 



pipiens). 



General appearance: These 

 frogs are built like meadow 

 frogs. They have the long 

 snout of R. sphenocephala. 

 Their general color and first 

 appearance is like a bronzy 

 wood frog (R. syhatica) 

 without the black mask. The 

 costal folds are long, promi- 

 nently raised and frequently 

 a light buff color. Some frogs 

 are apple green, some wood 

 brown. They have consider- 

 able green in the axil, groin 

 and on the rear of the femur. 

 Some have a prominent black 

 dash on the arm insertion, a 

 black spot on the elbow, and 

 a prominent black band on 

 the canthus rostralis. They 

 are glistening white below. 



Structure: Slender form; 

 long pointed snout; long 

 prominent folds on back. 



Voice: When held just 

 ahead of the hind legs, the 



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